North Cave Wetlands – 14/12/2019

A late morning visit with showers and intermittent sun, a fresh westerly breeze blowing. Temperature around four degrees C.

Highlight of the visit was two White-fronted Geese feeding in the grassed section of the North Field with several hundred Greylag Geese. 32 Pink-footed Geese also dropped in for around half an hour before heading back out. Several Fieldfare and Redwing around the reserve, the latter species photographed below missing its tail feathers. From Turret Hide a few Bearded Tit were regularly calling from the reeds on Village Lake, though none showed, the Bittern also remained hidden. On Island Lake Redshank numbers were building with 49 now present on site.